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Anonymous wrote:2026 Graduating Class:
Total Power 4 Commitments Tracked: 421
-ECNL 312
-GA 74
-FIFA International 32
-USYS 3

ECNL numbers are up from last year. The GA continues it's rise to nowhere. Keep eating the crap your GA club director's are feeding you.

2024 GA had over 700 college commitments. 2025 and 2026 are even more.

https://girlsacademyleague.com/class-of-2024/

Stats monkey is purposely posting manipulated data that makes ECNL look favorable. Last year it was D1 now is P4 next year it will be colleges that start with the letter R.

If you don't understand that all "D1" aren't equal I don't know what to tell you. I'm more impressed by the academic D3s and guess who leads those as well.

I dont care either way. What I'm highlighting is the the ECNL fanboy is posting stats that back his beliefs.

When you look at the number of GA commitments as a whole its pretty amazing what they've been able to do in such a short time.

Also P4 is not always the best solution for players. Typically coaches at that level will replace you in a heartbeat if they find somehting "better". Unless you want to go pro maybe thats not the right environment to be in. Even if you want to go pro maybe making the jump early is better than dealing with college politics.

So, not caring too much about this overall - that is the whole GA v. ECNL narrative and who is better at placing players in colleges, I still care enough to say the following. In order of importance in terms of getting committed to a college: 1) Player 2) Club 3) National Platform. The clubs at GA that are placing players consistently were top clubs at DA so it's not surprising to me that they have continued to march along regardless of their national platform. I don't see this as being an overall success of GA versus the players and clubs themselves. Same thing with ECNL. Players matter. The clubs matter and ECNL being the platform that allows them exposure matters the least IMO. Top players will find their way to clubs that will allow them to reach their goals whether it's at GA or ECNL...

IDK, I follow along the mentioned accounts because my DD went through this this past year and I used it for what it was, a reference point. I didn't take what was posted as the end all be all of things. At the end of the day with college and soccer, it really matters that your kid ends up at a place where they are able to get their education, feel valued as a player and person and are able to reach their goals. Good Luck!

What bugs me about the ECNL hats is they coattail off the successes of the top clubs in their league. NVA clubs are not placing "P4" players consistently. Yet this is what you hear. Its just not true and more importantly its not what most players want or end up doing even if they're able.

You’re wrong. Pepperidge farm knows.

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Anonymous wrote:419 D1 GA Commits

Hey these teams need to fill rosters too !

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Anonymous wrote:2026 Graduating Class:
Total Power 4 Commitments Tracked: 421
-ECNL 312
-GA 74
-FIFA International 32
-USYS 3

ECNL numbers are up from last year. The GA continues it's rise to nowhere. Keep eating the crap your GA club director's are feeding you.

2024 GA had over 700 college commitments. 2025 and 2026 are even more.

https://girlsacademyleague.com/class-of-2024/

Stats monkey is purposely posting manipulated data that makes ECNL look favorable. Last year it was D1 now is P4 next year it will be colleges that start with the letter R.

If you don't understand that all "D1" aren't equal I don't know what to tell you. I'm more impressed by the academic D3s and guess who leads those as well.

I dont care either way. What I'm highlighting is the the ECNL fanboy is posting stats that back his beliefs.

When you look at the number of GA commitments as a whole its pretty amazing what they've been able to do in such a short time.

Also P4 is not always the best solution for players. Typically coaches at that level will replace you in a heartbeat if they find somehting "better". Unless you want to go pro maybe thats not the right environment to be in. Even if you want to go pro maybe making the jump early is better than dealing with college politics.

So, not caring too much about this overall - that is the whole GA v. ECNL narrative and who is better at placing players in colleges, I still care enough to say the following. In order of importance in terms of getting committed to a college: 1) Player 2) Club 3) National Platform. The clubs at GA that are placing players consistently were top clubs at DA so it's not surprising to me that they have continued to march along regardless of their national platform. I don't see this as being an overall success of GA versus the players and clubs themselves. Same thing with ECNL. Players matter. The clubs matter and ECNL being the platform that allows them exposure matters the least IMO. Top players will find their way to clubs that will allow them to reach their goals whether it's at GA or ECNL...

IDK, I follow along the mentioned accounts because my DD went through this this past year and I used it for what it was, a reference point. I didn't take what was posted as the end all be all of things. At the end of the day with college and soccer, it really matters that your kid ends up at a place where they are able to get their education, feel valued as a player and person and are able to reach their goals. Good Luck!

What bugs me about the ECNL hats is they coattail off the successes of the top clubs in their league. NVA clubs are not placing "P4" players consistently. Yet this is what you hear. Its just not true and more importantly its not what most players want or end up doing even if they're able.

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Anonymous wrote:2026 Graduating Class:
Total Power 4 Commitments Tracked: 421
-ECNL 312
-GA 74
-FIFA International 32
-USYS 3

ECNL numbers are up from last year. The GA continues it's rise to nowhere. Keep eating the crap your GA club director's are feeding you.

2024 GA had over 700 college commitments. 2025 and 2026 are even more.

https://girlsacademyleague.com/class-of-2024/

Stats monkey is purposely posting manipulated data that makes ECNL look favorable. Last year it was D1 now is P4 next year it will be colleges that start with the letter R.

If you don't understand that all "D1" aren't equal I don't know what to tell you. I'm more impressed by the academic D3s and guess who leads those as well.

I dont care either way. What I'm highlighting is the the ECNL fanboy is posting stats that back his beliefs.

When you look at the number of GA commitments as a whole its pretty amazing what they've been able to do in such a short time.

Also P4 is not always the best solution for players. Typically coaches at that level will replace you in a heartbeat if they find somehting "better". Unless you want to go pro maybe thats not the right environment to be in. Even if you want to go pro maybe making the jump early is better than dealing with college politics.

So, not caring too much about this overall - that is the whole GA v. ECNL narrative and who is better at placing players in colleges, I still care enough to say the following. In order of importance in terms of getting committed to a college: 1) Player 2) Club 3) National Platform. The clubs at GA that are placing players consistently were top clubs at DA so it's not surprising to me that they have continued to march along regardless of their national platform. I don't see this as being an overall success of GA versus the players and clubs themselves. Same thing with ECNL. Players matter. The clubs matter and ECNL being the platform that allows them exposure matters the least IMO. Top players will find their way to clubs that will allow them to reach their goals whether it's at GA or ECNL...

IDK, I follow along the mentioned accounts because my DD went through this this past year and I used it for what it was, a reference point. I didn't take what was posted as the end all be all of things. At the end of the day with college and soccer, it really matters that your kid ends up at a place where they are able to get their education, feel valued as a player and person and are able to reach their goals. Good Luck!

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Anonymous wrote:2026 Graduating Class:
Total Power 4 Commitments Tracked: 421
-ECNL 312
-GA 74
-FIFA International 32
-USYS 3

ECNL numbers are up from last year. The GA continues it's rise to nowhere. Keep eating the crap your GA club director's are feeding you.

2024 GA had over 700 college commitments. 2025 and 2026 are even more.

https://girlsacademyleague.com/class-of-2024/

Stats monkey is purposely posting manipulated data that makes ECNL look favorable. Last year it was D1 now is P4 next year it will be colleges that start with the letter R.

If you don't understand that all "D1" aren't equal I don't know what to tell you. I'm more impressed by the academic D3s and guess who leads those as well.

I dont care either way. What I'm highlighting is the the ECNL fanboy is posting stats that back his beliefs.

When you look at the number of GA commitments as a whole its pretty amazing what they've been able to do in such a short time.

Also P4 is not always the best solution for players. Typically coaches at that level will replace you in a heartbeat if they find somehting "better". Unless you want to go pro maybe thats not the right environment to be in. Even if you want to go pro maybe making the jump early is better than dealing with college politics.

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Anonymous wrote:2026 Graduating Class:
Total Power 4 Commitments Tracked: 421
-ECNL 312
-GA 74
-FIFA International 32
-USYS 3

ECNL numbers are up from last year. The GA continues it's rise to nowhere. Keep eating the crap your GA club director's are feeding you.

2024 GA had over 700 college commitments. 2025 and 2026 are even more.

https://girlsacademyleague.com/class-of-2024/

Stats monkey is purposely posting manipulated data that makes ECNL look favorable. Last year it was D1 now is P4 next year it will be colleges that start with the letter R.

If you don't understand that all "D1" aren't equal I don't know what to tell you. I'm more impressed by the academic D3s and guess who leads those as well.

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Anonymous wrote:2026 Graduating Class:
Total Power 4 Commitments Tracked: 421
-ECNL 312
-GA 74
-FIFA International 32
-USYS 3

ECNL numbers are up from last year. The GA continues it's rise to nowhere. Keep eating the crap your GA club director's are feeding you.

2024 GA had over 700 college commitments. 2025 and 2026 are even more.

https://girlsacademyleague.com/class-of-2024/

Stats monkey is purposely posting manipulated data that makes ECNL look favorable. Last year it was D1 now is P4 next year it will be colleges that start with the letter R.

Anonymous wrote:2026 Graduating Class:
Total Power 4 Commitments Tracked: 421
-ECNL 312
-GA 74
-FIFA International 32
-USYS 3

ECNL numbers are up from last year. The GA continues it's rise to nowhere. Keep eating the crap your GA club director's are feeding you.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. ECNL has been around for years. It SHOULD have the higher percentage of college commits. GA is like 5 years old. It’s a baby. And yet already has almost 20% of college commitments? I see why ECNL has folks running around posting these numbers everywhere - GA ate into their market share QUICKLY.

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Anonymous wrote:if by solid you mean none of their age groups were even close to winning the Midwest Conference then yes, they are definitely solid. The move just proved the case that the most dominant GA clubs are just middle of the pack ECNL clubs. The GA is still a second tier developmental league.

100% truff but the GA cult will still huff and puff and prance around like the ECNL is on its last leg

New tactic. We don't have to huff and puff any more. We just sit by and wait quietly as the ECNL world slowly looses steam and much like a frog being boiled to death without realizing it, we are just watching the overly confident parents, continue to stay where they are at and say, "everything is fine. This is fine."

I have no dog in this fight and frankly would prefer to have two competitive options on the girls side, but think this is a little bit of a pipe dream when GA is a girls league and its best selling point is access to a boys league. MLSN may create some hydraulic pressure for GA but GA needs to step up its game in its own right for this to happen. Right now, if ECNL ever feels the pressure they can just let go of the requirement to have both sides in the league. Right now I think they are happy to be smaller and more “elite” (shall we say) while evidence suggests GA is over expanding beyond the talent pool of you look at the disparity from the top to bottom of the tables, at least in the mid-Atlantic. No one want to be in a “national” level league where half your game are uncompetitive blow outs.

ECNL has significantly more teams than GA does. Elite yes, but smaller no. There are plenty of trash ECNL teams out there across the country

It seems dumb to make a point that can be refuted with a quick google search. As of February 2026, the Girls Academy (GA) has 129 clubs, while the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) has 121 clubs